Hughes, Tex Rally Yankees to Win

July 18th, 2009 • Related • Filed Under

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Tags: a.j. burnett • Joel Zumaya • Luke French • Mark Teixeira • Phil Hughes • Yankees 7/17 recap. Detroit Tigers • Yankees vs. Tigers

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Detroit	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	10	3
NY Yankees	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	X		5	13	1

WP - Hughes (4-2) SV - Rivera (24) LP - Zumaya (3-3)

The comeback kids did it again last night. Trailing the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in the 7th inning, the Yankees rallied against hard throwing reliever Joel Zumaya for a 5-3 win, their 12th after trailing entering the 7th inning. Derek Jeter started the rally when he fought off an upper 90’s fastball and lined it to right field for a single. Johnny Damon followed with a double off the glove of a leaping Clete Thomas in right-center to put the tying and go ahead runs in scoring position. With rain falling steadily, Mark Teixeira turned on a Zumaya fastball and hit a moonshot that landed in the 2nd deck for what proved to be the game winning 3-run home run.

With Jeter batting in the 8th, the game was halted nearly an hour due to the heavy rain that fell during a thunderstorm. When the ball game resumed after 11 PM on the East coast, the Yankees sealed the victory with Mariano Rivera notching his 24th save of the season. Phil Hughes picked up the win in relief of A.J. Burnett with a 6 strikeout, 2 scoreless inning performance.

Read the rest of my recap at Baseball Digest Online.

Around the Horn - Injury Update

Alex Rodriguez's hip is of prime concern to Yankees fans, but there are plenty of other top major league players suffering through injuries at the moment. Here's a quick update.

Justin Duscherer (A's)
The right-hander is suffering from an elbow pain and will most likely start the season on the disabled list. Duscherer feels fine warming up, but experiences pain when throwing at game speeds.

Ryan Braun (Brewers)
Braun has been feeling tightness in the back of his rib cage, but an MRI has not revealed anything. Braun played through similar tightness last season and felt it again during the World Baseball Classic. For now, the team has barred him from hitting.

Nate Robertson, Adam Everett, Joel Zumaya (Tigers)
Robertson, battling for the fifth spot in the Tigers rotation, sprained his thumb while field a grounder in Wednesday's exhibition game with the Mets. X-Rays were negative, but he's day to day for now.

Everett injured his left ankle in the same game on a slide into second base, but is expected to back in the lineup on Saturday.

Zumaya won't be ready for opening day after continuing to experience stiffness in his throwing shoulder.

Ervin Santana, Kelvim Escobar, John Lackey (Angels)
Santana is expected to miss at least the first month of the season with a sprained elbow ligament.

Escobar is ahead of schedule in his recovery from shoulder surgery and hopes to be back by the end of April.

Lackey is experiencing forearm tightness and will skip his next start. The Angels hope he can still be their opening day starter.

Around the Horn - 6/20

Some news first. Curt Schilling has revealed he's going to undergo season ending, and possibly career ending, shoulder surgery.

Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya is expected to return from his season long trip from the DL tonight when the team travels to San Diego.

Travis Hafner will not have to have surgery on his rotator cuff, but he's not close to coming back.

The Mariners fired John McLaren yesterday and reports have the Blue Jays firing John Gibbons prior to tonight's game. Former Jays manager Cito Gaston will take over.

Carlos Zambrano could miss significant time for the Cubs due to a shoulder problem.


Round 3 of Interleague play went as follows:

Rays 3 Cubs 0
The Rays take the sweep on Carl Crawford's grand slam on Thursday.

Twins 3 Nationals 0
Twins outscored the Nationals 22-6.

White Sox 3 Pirates 0
The White Sox scored 37 runs in the series. Jermaine Dye capped the sweep with a 2 HR, 6 RBI game.

Blue Jays 0 Brewers 3
John Gibbons to go out with a whimper. Former Blue Jay David Bush had a no-hitter Thursday into the 8th inning before the Brewers almost blew an 8-0 lead.

Rangers 2 Braves 1
Michael Young's 9th walk off single gave the Rangers the series after the bullpen blew yet another lead.

Orioles 3 Astros 0
Two one-run games and one two-run game. The Orioles ruined Miguel Tejada's home coming. The former Oriole only went 2-12.

Athletics 1 Diamondbacks 2
Two blowouts and then a pitcher's duel decides the finale, 2-1. Justin Upton delivered a game winning home run in the 8th inning.

Indians 0 Rockies 3
Rockies came into the series 14 games under .500. How long until C.C. Sabathia gets dealt?

Royals 3 Cardinals 0
Royals pitching limited the Cardinals to 4 runs in the series.

Angels 1 Mets 2
Mets took the series, but lost their manager.

Mariners 1 Marlins 2
The final demise for John McLaren. Rumor has it that players like Richie Sexson are soon to follow.

Red Sox 2 Phillies 1
The best in the NL is still not as good as the best in the AL.

AL wins this round by a whopping 25-14 margin.

Around the Horn - 6/20

Some news first. Curt Schilling has revealed he's going to undergo season ending, and possibly career ending, shoulder surgery.

Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya is expected to return from his season long trip from the DL tonight when the team travels to San Diego.

Travis Hafner will not have to have surgery on his rotator cuff, but he's not close to coming back.

The Mariners fired John McLaren yesterday and reports have the Blue Jays firing John Gibbons prior to tonight's game. Former Jays manager Cito Gaston will take over.

Carlos Zambrano could miss significant time for the Cubs due to a shoulder problem.


Round 3 of Interleague play went as follows:

Rays 3 Cubs 0
The Rays take the sweep on Carl Crawford's grand slam on Thursday.

Twins 3 Nationals 0
Twins outscored the Nationals 22-6.

White Sox 3 Pirates 0
The White Sox scored 37 runs in the series. Jermaine Dye capped the sweep with a 2 HR, 6 RBI game.

Blue Jays 0 Brewers 3
John Gibbons to go out with a whimper. Former Blue Jay David Bush had a no-hitter Thursday into the 8th inning before the Brewers almost blew an 8-0 lead.

Rangers 2 Braves 1
Michael Young's 9th walk off single gave the Rangers the series after the bullpen blew yet another lead.

Orioles 3 Astros 0
Two one-run games and one two-run game. The Orioles ruined Miguel Tejada's home coming. The former Oriole only went 2-12.

Athletics 1 Diamondbacks 2
Two blowouts and then a pitcher's duel decides the finale, 2-1. Justin Upton delivered a game winning home run in the 8th inning.

Indians 0 Rockies 3
Rockies came into the series 14 games under .500. How long until C.C. Sabathia gets dealt?

Royals 3 Cardinals 0
Royals pitching limited the Cardinals to 4 runs in the series.

Angels 1 Mets 2
Mets took the series, but lost their manager.

Mariners 1 Marlins 2
The final demise for John McLaren. Rumor has it that players like Richie Sexson are soon to follow.

Red Sox 2 Phillies 1
The best in the NL is still not as good as the best in the AL.

AL wins this round by a whopping 25-14 margin.

Tigers Lose Zumaya Until Mid-Season

Update 11/2 1:50 pm - Zumaya had a 50-60 pound box fall on his shoulder while moving items due to the fires in Cali. "Because this injury does not involve the shoulder joint, per se, the things we most worry about in the shoulder -- the rotator cuff, the labrum, the biceps -- tend not to be affected by the surgery," team physician Dr. Bruce Miller said. "The prognosis is quite good that he'll make a recovery." Source

For the 2nd straight season, the Tigers will be without the services of their hard throwing set up man Joel Zumaya for a big chunk of time. Zumaya injured his shoulder while moving things at his California home and had to undergo surgery. The Tigers have not released any information regarding the injury. Zumaya missed most of this past season because of a torn tendon in his finger.

Free agent closer Todd Jones may have just upped his asking price since the Tigers had Zumaya as a fall back plan in case they lost Jones.

Source

Tigers Lose Zumaya Until Mid-Season

Update 11/2 1:50 pm - Zumaya had a 50-60 pound box fall on his shoulder while moving items due to the fires in Cali. "Because this injury does not involve the shoulder joint, per se, the things we most worry about in the shoulder -- the rotator cuff, the labrum, the biceps -- tend not to be affected by the surgery," team physician Dr. Bruce Miller said. "The prognosis is quite good that he'll make a recovery." Source

For the 2nd straight season, the Tigers will be without the services of their hard throwing set up man Joel Zumaya for a big chunk of time. Zumaya injured his shoulder while moving things at his California home and had to undergo surgery. The Tigers have not released any information regarding the injury. Zumaya missed most of this past season because of a torn tendon in his finger.

Free agent closer Todd Jones may have just upped his asking price since the Tigers had Zumaya as a fall back plan in case they lost Jones.

Source